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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15 



If goods are ivanted ctuicK» send to Pouder." 



Establisbed 1889 



MAKING A NOISE 

 LIRE AN ORDER 



By the Bee Crank 



It is a pretty well-known 

 fact that, if bees hear at 

 all, they hear only loud 

 noises that are produced 

 at a very short distance. It 

 is said that a heavy cannon- 

 ading of a French battery, 

 which went into action 

 close to a group of bee- 

 hives, during the Franco- 

 Prussian war, did not in the 

 least disturb the workers. 



However, a noise like an 

 order has such a peculiar 

 penetrating quality that I 

 am able to hear it for a long dis- 

 tance; in fact, at this season of the 

 year, when things are normally quiet, 

 I am concentrating my attention so 

 closely that there is not the slightest 

 danger of any thing that sounds 

 like an order escaping me, and I am 

 even allowing five per cent on all 

 cash orders for supplies received 

 this month — November. 



This is not because my stock of 

 goods is in any way less fresh or less 



desirable than it always is. 

 It is because it is a great 

 advantage to me to have 

 my patrons anticipate their 

 wants instead of holding 

 off till the last minute, as 

 they are prone to do. 



HONEY.— Write for 

 my quotations. I carry a 

 large stock of finest honey, 

 and can help you piece out 

 any deficiencies in your 

 own stock. Many bee- 

 keepers with small apiaries 

 find that they can sell more 

 honey than they produce. It is a 

 good plan to supply your home 

 trade, and not educate the people 

 to go elsewhere. 



BEESWAX.— I pay 28 cts. cash 

 or 30 cts. in trade, delivered here. 

 Send what you have, by freight or ex- 

 press, according to size of package. 

 Root goods at Root prices. A full 

 stock of standard goods on hand at 

 all times, and special discounts for 

 November. Catalog free. 



Walter S. Pouder, 



513-515 MassacKusetts A,venue, Indianapolis, Ind. 



